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Biotech / Medical : Biotech Valuation
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To: Czechsinthemail who wrote (6597)6/20/2002 12:32:10 PM
From: Biomaven   of 52153
 
Old accounting rules recognized patents as expenses, allowing companies to write off titanic portions of fly-by-night mergers and acquisitions. Under the new rules, however, companies must rethink their strategies for acquiring technology. Kahn predicts a major decline in the number of acquisitions in the near future

I think the new rules make purchase mergers (the only kind there now is) more likely, not less. Previously there would be an automatic amortization charge for many years - now there is only a charge if the goodwill actually becomes impaired.

Peter
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